Toy pistol.



C. BLAMFIELD.

TOY PISTOL APPLICATION FILED FEB. 28. 1912.

1,260,306. Patented Mar. 26, 1918.

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CHARLES BLAMFIELD, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

TOY PISTOL.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented M 26 1918 Application filed February 28, 1917. Serial No. 151,434.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, C RLES BLAMFIELD,

a subject of Great Britain, and a resident of the "city of Boston, in the county of Suf folk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Pistols, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

The object of this invention is the construction of a pistol whereby an ammunition strip can have its contained spots of explosive material, or caps, successively exploded and the strip fed automatically to present the unexploded caps to the hammer.

Referring to the drawings forming part of this specification, Fi ure 1 is a side view of a toy pistol embo ying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same but with one of the two sections of the case removed. Fig. 3 is an end view showing the magazine cover open. Fig. 4 is a view in vertical transverse section on line X-X in Fig. 1, with the cover closed. Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view of the muzzle of the toy. Fig. 6 is an edge view of a section of ammunition strip. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the rincipal member of the ammunition fee ing means. Fig. 8 is a cross section ofthe hammer on a line close beside its actuating lug.

As shown in Fig. 3, the body or case of the pistol is made in two longitudinally separable members or sections, the section 1 being the one which contains the operative elements, and the section 2 being n effect a cover for suitably inclosing the elements. For the sake of clearness, I shall term the section 1 the main case, and will describe its construction and the parts carried therein before describing the remainin portion. Within the case 1 is the ammunition carrier or magazine 3 provided with a central stud 1 upon which to rotatably support a coiled StI'lP'Of the ammunition 5. The outer end of this stri zle of the pisto close beneath its upper wall 6, access to this magazine being through an opening hereinafter described.

The means for feeding the ammunition strip to present a fresh explosive-dot to the hammer, comprises a trigger 7 pivotally supported at 9 and having a pin 10 at its inner end. Upon this pin is pivoted the is led out toward the muzfeeder proper 11 having its free end formed wlth the box-nose 12, a tension spring 13 attached to its hook 14 serving to retract it.

'When the trigger is pressed," as in the usual manner of firing a gun, the box-nose 12 incloses one of the explosive-dots 15 of the ammunition strip 5, while the feeder-lip 16 comes sharply against such dot and, as the feeder 11 is moved forward, the strip is carried along therewith, To render this engagement sure and positive, I have provided other means beside the tension of the spr ng 13 to press the box-nose tightly against the surface of the ammunition strip, the same means acting to effect another function.

Projecting from the box-nose 12 is a leaf 17 having an oblique flange 19 at its lower end, which is designed to meet and depress the hammer 20, and by the depression of the latter against the action of a leaf spring 21, to give the above-referred to upward pressure of the box-nose 12 against the ammunition strip.

The hammer 20 is pivoted at 22, and by the action of the spring 21 has its free end forced up against the ammunition strip. For tripping the hammer, it is formed with a lug 23 projecting upward into the path of the flange 19, and itself formed with an oblique flange 24. When the tripper and feeder combined is advanced b the action of the trigger 7, the two oblique flanges come into engagement and the one slides over and depresses the other until they pass. During such passage, the flange 19 forces the flange 24 downward to a distance sufficient for cooking the hammer, but the instant the flanges pass, the hammer freed from their engagement, flies upward against the ammunition strip with force enough to explode the spot of explosive material thereat.

Now, as the trigger is released, the tension spring 13 retracts the feeder 11, but the flange 24 being now in its uppermost position, the flange 19 engages its under surface and the box-nose 12 is withdrawn thereby from contact with the ammunition strip until it reaches substantially its normal position, when it rises into engagement w1th the strip. Inasmuch, however, as the flange 19 passes to a considerable distance beyond the normal position of the flange 24, as the latter is swung toward the muzzle of the pisat ward from the case to provide an externally operative means for the removal of the detent from the top wall of the case during the tol during the depression of*-thejhammer,

. this'removal of the box-nose from the ammunition stri is but partiaL- To diminish the 'pressurebetweenthe box-nose and the strip during the entire return trip, and thereby prevent any back-feeding of the strip which might occur were there much pressure between the same, I provide a post 25 which projects from the case=member 2 and is hence'shown in. section in Fig. 2, and

' is adapted to be met by the spring 13 when r the latter is elongated by the forward travel of the feeder. After being thus met by the spring, the latter is flexed thereby until lts pull is practically in a straight-line with the pivot 22 and the box-nose 12, and is without power to press said nose either up or down. There'being, therefore, no such pressure between the feederand ammunition strip, the latter is not affected thereby during the retraction of the feeder.

' To further aid in securing the. strip against any but a feeding action, I provide a detent 26 .pivotally. supported at 27 and formed with a bifurcatedtail 28, 29, to the end of the latter of which the spring 13 is anchored, whereby the same sprmg acts both to retract the feeder, and to press the free end of t e detent up againstthe ammunition strip. he tail-section 28 reaches outintroduction of, the ammunition strip. By pressing a finger rearward'against the tailsection 28, the. free end is swung a sufficient distance from thetop-wall for the purpose specified. a

Thecase section 2 is cut away along its upper edge'to form a suitable opening for the lateral introduction of the ammunition member, as shown in Fig. 4. A lug'or abutment 35 projecting from the case 1 against the pivot member 33, serves so to press against the latter as to slightly force the two case sections apart .thereat, especially just before the .cover'reaches its closed 0- sition. The two case sections 1, 2-be1ng held together by screws 36, 37 located at considerable distances from this hinge, there is suflicient' resilience in the 'metal composing the sections to allow them thus to be sprung apart, and by the resultant 'efiect upon the pivot member 33 to hold the cover tightly closed, while permitting its being opened upon the application of a slight pressure against the fear 39 with which the cover is formed. As shownin Fig- 4, the pivot member 33 is shaped to press against the finger 34- at a point above the level where the member 33 pressesagainst the lug or shoulder 35, and thus to hold the coverclosed.

The arrangement for hinging the'other end of "the cover comprises an eye'formed in the case section 2,,and afinger projecting from the cover. .The finger 40 is not only curved to suitably enter the eye 41, as'shown 1n Fig. 5', but is givena slight bend at its end toward the pistol muzzle, as at 42, to prevent" its too easy withdrawal from the eye. To assemble the parts, the doubly bent finger is-first hooked through the eyebfore the case section 2 has been applied to the case section 1, and then the other end of the cover is swung down and into engagement with thefinger 34. When the two case sections are t en fastened together by the screws 36, 37, it is no longer possible to unship the cover from its hinging devices.

The extremity of the doubly hooked finger 40 serves still another function, namely, that of locking the hammer against accidental operation when the magazine coveris open.

This is made clear in Fig. 5, where the said fingerjis shown in the path of the hammer 20 and hence prevents the same from being actuated until after the cover is c'losed'and the finger 40'is no longer in the wa.

, .IIl use, this toy pistol has. first to e loaded. To do this, the magazine cover 30 is i opened, and a coiled strip of the ammunition introduced, the coiled portion bein mount,- ed on the stud 4 and an uncoile thereof'laid alongbeneath the top wall 'of the pistol between .the same and the detent and box-nose with the extreme end of the strip against the hammer. In doing this, the

tail or auxiliary trigger 28 is slightly pressed against tomove the detent away from the said top-wall, the same action causing the box -nose also to be similarly moved, by the engagemen of the end of the detent against the *box-nose. The cover is then closed and the pistol is ready to be fired.

In firing the pistol, all that needs tebe done is to pull the trigger 7, each pull feedingthe strip to present a fresh spot of explosive to the hammer, the feeding occurring durlng the stroke of the hammer. This fir-.

ing and feeding will continue-so long .as the trigger is intermittently pulledand released and until the ammunition strip is used up.

To contract the throat of the magazine for the better feeding of the ammunition strip by means of a projection integral with the case section 1, would render the same pract cally incapable of casting or stamping, since the narrowness of the openin between the projection and top' wall o the section section 2, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3.

The pin 44 shown in Fig. 2 serves both'to confine the leaf spring 21 in place within' the knee 45, and to act as a stop for limiting the rearward swing of the feeder 11 and the u per end of the trigger 7. The post 25 a ove referred to similarly performs two functions, the first being the flexureof the spring 13 already described, and the second is to lock the leaf spring 21 against fl ing out from its confining means 44, 45, or rom working out into interference with the trigger. Theother end of the leaf spring is similarly guided by a rib 46 projecting from the case section 2.

The oblique projection or car 47 projectstroke and thereby to force the box-nose 12 I which is thus en so tightly against the ammunition strip as to absolutely assure against the explosive spot therein taking fire when the hammer is setting off the adjacent one. Otherwise, when a single spot is exploded, the next and each succeeding one would burn.

It should be noted that it is the rear of the box-nose 12 which does the feeding, its feeding lip 16 engaging the edge of the explosive spot or cap, and so positively causmg the strip to be advanced. Further. it is always a cap following the one to be 'fired, ged by the box-nose, and is therefore inc osed therein and covered thereby.

If the ammunition strip available is not coiled but comes in a straight strip, it can be introduced longitudinally into the pistol through the breech aperture 49, without opening the ammunition cover 30.

The posts or projections 50, 51 and 52 formed integral with the case section 1, are for the better securing thereto of the case section 2.

The purpose of the leg 53 projecting from the feeder 11 is to guide the latter and prevent its rotation on a longitudinal axis, the leg being in sliding contact with the upper part of the trigger 7 and the adjacent surface of the case section 2.

What I claim is:

1. A toy pistol comprising a case fitted to receive an ammunition strip, a hammer for exploding the strip section by section, and a feeder for the strip having a box nose for both covering an unexploded section and for engaging and moving the strip, said .box nose consisting of a member having a depression surrounded by a rim adapted to inclose on all sides between itself and the ammunition strip, each of the spots of explosive material and thereby to revent an explosion of an adjacent spot rom affecting the spotinclosed.

2. A toy pistol comprising a case fitted to receive an ammunition strip, a hammer for exploding the stri section y section, and a feeder for the strip having a box-nose havmg means forcing the box-nose into a temporarilytighter engagement with the strip at the termination of the feeders movement and during the firing action of the hammer,

said box nose consisting of a member having a depression surrounded by a rim adapted to inclose on all sides'between itself and the ammunition strip that spot of explosive material which is adjacent the one being exploded.

3. A toy pistol comprising a case fitted to receive an ammunition strip, a pivoted hammer having resilient means for ercussively actuating it, the hammer being ormed with a thin lug'and a flange rising from the extremitz of the lug in a direction parallel with t e pivotal axis of the hammer, and a feeder adapted to be forcibly moved substantiallly parallel with ammunition strip, the fee er being adapted to engage said flange and both to trip the hammer and to be thereby pressed more strongly against the ammunition strip, the feeder being further adapted to return to its normal position without interference with the hammer.

4. A toy pistol comprising a case fitted to receive an ammunition strip, a pivoted hammer having resilient. means for its percus- 100 sive actuation, the hammer being formed with a thin lug and a flange rising from the extremity of the lug in a direction parallel with the ivotal axis of the hammer, and a feeder a apted to be forcibly moved sub- 105 stantially parallel with the ammunition strip, the feeder being provided with a flange substantially parallel with the firstnamed flange, said flanges being oblique to the line of advance of the feeder and adapted to mutuall engage when the feeder is advancing an thereby to depress the hammer until they pass and the hammer swings into percussive engagement with the ammunition strip, and said flanges being also adapted to pass without interference as the feeder returns to its normal position.

5. A toy pistol comprising a case fitted to 7 receive an ammunition strip, a hammer for the rear of the feeder at an acute angle with its line of direction, and-a fixed post'located.

to meet and to flex the tension spring into substantial alinementwith said linefof 'direction during the latter part ofthe feeders attached to said tail and servingzto press the free end of the detentagainstthe ammuni--' 3 case of slightly resilient-material fastened movement. y Y

7. A toy pistol comprising a case fitted to pressing'the feeder and strip forward, a tentail r1g1d with the detent, 'said spring being tion strip.

. 8. A toy pistol comprising a case fitted to receive an ammunition strip, a hammer for exploding the strip section by section, "a

- feeder for the ammunition strip, means for pressing the feeder and strip forward, a-tension spring for retracting the. feeder, a detent pivotally sup orted at one end, a bifurcated tail rigi with the detent, said spring being attached to one of the bifurca tions, the other bifurcation reaching out to the exterior of the case for enabling the detent to'be pressedawa from the ammunition strip, and the fe er and detent being disposed to cause the said pressing away of the detent to similarly move thefeeder.

9. A toy pistol comprising acase having a magazine for receiving an ammunition strip, and a longitudinally extended opening,

receive an ammunition strip, a hammer for 1 "explodmg the str1p sect1on-.-by section, a feeder for the. ammunition str p, means formeans for exploding and feeding the ammunition strip, and 'a cover for said opening hinged to the case, the hinging means being constructed to interfere with the operation of the hammer when the cover is open. 7 10. A toy pistol comprising a case having/f a magazme for receiving an ammunitio Q strip, and a longitudinally extended opef? mg, a p voted hammer for exploding the ammumtlon strip'fi-and a cover for said opening hinged to -t e case, -a portion of the 'hingedmeans consisting of an eye near the path of the hammer, and a curved finger pro ect1ng through said eye from the cover adapted to reach into the'path of.the ham mer when the cover is open, butto avoid the"- same when the. cover is closed 7 11. A toypistol. comprising a two part together at spaced points, one of said parts being .cut awayand provided. .with a hinged cover for the cut-away portion, one of the hinging means consisting of a hooked finger projecting fromthe edge of the cut-away portion, and a spindle-member carried by the cover in the control of the hooked linger, the spindle-member being irregular'in cross section, and the other part of the case having a projection bearing against the-spindlemember, the latter being shaped to slightly press apart the two-parts of 'the'case just prior to the entire closure of the cover, by its engagementwith-the said projection.-

In testimony that I claim the foregoing invention, I have hereunto set my hand this 26thday of February,'1917.

CHARLES BLAMFIELD; 

